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Run by the fantastically-named Oddbjorn, Basecamp is a little eccentric. The comfortable rooms are furnished as hunters' cabins with home-made furniture made from driftwood and Russian wetwood, and the emphasis is on getting out and seeing Svalbard as much as possible.

One thing that sets Basecamp apart is the opportunity not to sleep in the hotel. Visitors usually spend at least one night on an ice-bound ship at the mouth of a majestic glacier, and there is nothing like joining a husky camp and waking to the chorus of 30 huskies demanding breakfast. You'll know you are in the Arctic.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1902